We Knew The Moon

I am joined by my lil sis Randa Safieh to discuss one of our fascinations: Cults. What actually counts as a cult? What's the difference between cults and religions? Are there different kinds of cults? What characteristics do cult leaders share? Are they all narcissists? Why are there more male than female cult leaders? Which one of Dee's girl crushes joined a cult? Could you accidentally join a cult? What's the deadliest cult? What's the weirdest one? Which cult would we have most likely joined? And which cult is most likely to assassinate Dee after this episode? Starring co-host Google again.

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We welcome back Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations. Why does Michelle prefer the term cunning women to cunning folk? How big was Hwicce? What was different about these specific women buried in the graveyards? Was it better as a woman to live during a time when women were revered? What was the role of cunning women in their communities? Listen to the cute way Michelle says antler horns, is that a Northern thing? When did the view of cunning women change? What did they believe elf infestations caused in the human mind? What happened to the standing of women when patriarchal religions were introduced?

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We welcome Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations for the next two episodes. How did the Salem Witch Trials compare to the ones in Pendle? What is the social, cultural and political context that enabled such a horrible situation to occur? Who the hell are Cotton and Increase? Are those names for real?! WTF is the disease of astonishment? Would you be accused of being a witch if you lived in 1692 Salem? And what made Dee cry in Salem?

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Rebecca Burgess, Mother Priestess of the Temple of Cornwall, joins us again to tell us all about the Divine Feminine Archetypes. Which one resonates hardest? Do we pass through these archetypes chronologically? Can we go back and forth? What stops us embracing our inner child? Who is the Goddess of Bride? How many flames does the Temple of Cornwall have exactly? What gives you child-like joy? Who's hella fairy? How do you tap into some big lover energy? Who is the Goddess Ker? How do you call on some crone energy?

We are joined by Rebecca Burgess, Mother Priestess of the Temple of Cornwall, and today we are discussing why the town of Glastonbury is so special to so many people. Just how many people live there? What is the Glastonbury Tor? What is the gruesome history of the Glastonbury Abbey? Who was King Henry VIII's little bitch? How good is Rebecca at guessing things? What's our favourite shop? What's Bahai got to do with it? WTF are ley lines?

OG co-hosts Tracey and Google are back! What does Imbolc mean, literally and spiritually? Why is it the day of Brigid? What's she all about? What makes her so badass? Was she a real person? What is the link between the Goddess Brigid and St Brigid? How is Brigid depicted? What's a dagda? How can you celebrate Imbolc? And just how bad would Tracey and Dee be on a farm?

I am joined by Lesley O'Brien of the Midwich Cuckoos again as she tells us about her obsession with the Mayans. What do lasers have to do with the Mayans? Were they actually one big cohsive group? What have we learned about them since we were all at school? Hear about Dee's visit to the Tulum ruins. What do we know about everyday life for regular Mayan people? Why would Mayan kings cut their own genitals? What was the Mayan equivalent to an email, and why was it so bloody? And what about human sacrifice? And where did the Mayans go?

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Today I am joined by Lesley O'Brien of the Midwich Cuckoos as we ask, are we in the dawning of the Age of Aquarius? What even is an age? What would you do if you had a unicorn horn? Follow us on an epic Woodstock Festival tangent? What body part would you cut off to have gone to Woodstock? How did more people not die there? Can anyone find a picture of the Woodstock offices in Manhattan? And if you were organising a festival, what would you choose if you could just pick one. ticket booths or a stage?

The perfect episode for if you don't know what to watch on TV tonight.  

Vicky (Wicky) Underwood, joins us again to talk about just how entertaining all things witchy woo woo are to the general public. Just who exactly is drunk out of the two of us?!  Who was our gateway witch? Who taught you it was cool to be weird? What is our favourite scene from the 1989 film Teen Witch? What are our favourite witchy films? Where did this green-skinned, be-warted witch image come from? What is the most terrifying moment in cinematic history? What pops up in Practical Magic and Sabrina the Teenage Witch? And how does Samantha twitch her nose? Take a walk down this witchy memory lane with us.

This time we welcome Vicky Underwood my ultimate punk rock friend. Listen as I try to detangle the world of voodoo. Why is grasping voodoo so complicated to me?! Can you say voodoo without saying hoodoo, you do, remind me of the babe? How does Vicky say hello in French? Who is more interesting, Stalin or Papa Doc? And who am I worried about being assassinated by?